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DAVID WAYNE QUALLS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1947 – July 7, 1967
Service recordDavid Wayne Qualls, of Murphysboro, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 27
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Murphysboro, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 27
- WILBUR LYNN COSSONPetty Officer First Class · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- DAVID MARIUS DURANCEAULance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FOREMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 24
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 28
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 29
- STANLEY F PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 30
- HAROLD TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 32
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 32
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 34
From Murphysboro
- MICHAEL PHILIP SCHWEBELPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- THOMAS DEAN CONGIARDOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- FRANK EVERETT REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · May 10, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JOHN RAY MIFFLINSergeant · April 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.